Announcing Our Fall 2021 Lecture Series

CENTER FOR ASIA PACIFIC STUDIES
Fall 2021 Lecture Series

The USF Center for Asia Pacific Studies announces its Fall 2021 Lecture Series. All events will be online this semester via Zoom. Learn more about these events at: usfca.edu/asia-pacific

EXHIBITING LIKENESS AND LEGACY IN KOREAN PORTRAITURE
Wednesday, September 1, 5:15-6:30 pm PT, Online
Curator talk by Hyonjeong Kim Han, Department Head and Associate Curator of Korean Art, Asian Art Museum

CHINA’S CIVILIAN ARMY: THE MAKING OF WOLF WARRIOR DIPLOMACY
Wednesday, September 8, 5:15-6:30 pm PT, Online
Book talk by Peter Martin, Defense Policy and Intelligence Reporter, Bloomberg News

LET’S MAKE MISO RAMEN! FALL WELCOME FOR STUDENTS
Wednesday, September 15, 5:30 – 6:30 pm PT, Online
Join us online for a cooking demonstration on how to make miso ramen. Featuring TABLE FOR TWO USA

MAIKO MASQUERADE: CRAFTING GEISHA GIRLHOOD IN JAPAN
Thursday, September 23, 5:15-6:30 pm PT, Online
Book talk by Jan Bardsley, Professor Emerita, Department of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

CENTERING ASIA: HOW WORLD WAR II RECAST AMERICAN VISIONS FOR GLOBAL ORDER
Thursday, October 7, 5:15-6:30 pm PT, Online
Erez Manela, Professor of History, Harvard University

MATCHMAKING IN INDIA: GENDER, FAMILY, AND MATCHMAKERS
Thursday, October 21, *6:30-7:45 pm PT, Online
Parul Bhandari, Visiting Scholar, University of Humboldt, Berlin; Honorary Fellow, Centre for Multilevel Federalism, Institute of Social Sciences, Delhi

CONTESTED STATES AND DIRE STRAITS: TAIWAN’S INTERNATIONAL STATUS AND CROSS-STRAIT AND US-CHINA RELATIONS
Wednesday, November 3, 5:15-6:30 pm PT, Online
Jacques deLisle, Stephen A. Cozen Professor of Law; Professor of Political Science; Director, Center for the Study of Contemporary China, University of Pennsylvania

MAPPING DIGITAL GAME CULTURE IN CHINA: FROM INTERNET ADDICTS TO ESPORTS ATHLETES
Thursday, November 18, 5:15 – 6:30 pm PT, Online
Marcella Szablewicz, Associate Professor of Communication Studies, Pace University, NYC

STICKY ACTIVISM: ONLINE MISOGYNY AND FEMINIST MOVEMENTS IN SOUTH KOREA
Tuesday, December 7, 5:15 – 6:30 pm PT, Online
Jinsook Kim, Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Advanced Research in Global Communication, University of Pennsylvania